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Across the state, water softeners contribute significantly to chloride pollution. Here’s how to make sure your water softener isn’t sending excess salt into the environment
Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup
Important details to help make your e-Service administrative submittal go as smoothly as possible.
Organics recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions and keeps waste out of landfills. MPCA answers commonly asked questions about how and why to participate in organics recycling programs.
Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.
Question and answer session with Addison Otto, a rule coordinator with the MPCA, about her work with the agency and how her hobby farm informs her work.
When food spoils or is thrown away before we eat it, the resources that went into creating the food are wasted.
The Metropolitan Council proposes adding a fourth wastewater incinerator which requires an amendment to the facility’s current air emissions permit.
Determine if your facility requires an air permit and, if so, which permit type may be the best fit for your business.
Volunteers can search for a lake or stream site that works for them and sign up to monitor it.
Financial assistance for assessment and clean up of contaminated sites in Minnesota.
In Minnesota, backyard burning is illegal for most homeowners. Change disposal habits to protect human health and reduce pollution.
Minnesota GreenCorps member Heidi Blum focused on waste reduction and recycling in Edina, Minnesota.
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs
How to prepare recycling for the curb
Thermal paper is thin with a slick feel or sheen finish and discolors easily when scratched.
As part of the PFAS pollution prevention law called Amara’s Law, manufacturers are required to report intentionally added PFAS in products sold in Minnesota and pay a fee. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended the reporting due date to Sept. 15, 2026.
MPCA's leadership team.
Learn what a brownfield is, how it can negatively affect communities, and resources for cleaning one up.
The MPCA has announced 13 grant recipients that will receive a total of nearly $4.8 million for projects that will keep good food from going to waste in Minnesota while diverting usable food to people in need.